大白鼠上丘传入性联系的HRP法研究

将HRP溶液(33％)注射到21只成体大白鼠的一侧上丘,存活1～2天后,脑切片作DAB或TMB反应,在另一侧上丘及其它脑区观察标记的神经元,结果如下: 1.当注射的深度达到上丘中间灰层或其以下各层时,无论注射点位于上丘的吻、尾端或其之间,标记神经元在另一侧上丘的区域分布与注射的HRP位置大体对应;当注射的深度较浅,即在视觉层及其以上各层时,在对侧上丘未观察到标记的神经元。 2.在上丘的带状层和表面灰层未发现标记的细胞。标记细胞在中间灰层(SGI)最多(53.6％),视觉层为16.5％,深部各层(SGI及其以下各层)标记细胞占标记细胞总数的83.5％。 3.根据标记神经元的形态分为:垂直的梭形神经元,水平的梭形神经元和多极神经元。它们的分布无明显规律。 4.除在同侧的视皮层观察到大量的标记神经元外,在两侧的下丘、外侧丘系背核和丘系旁核、黑质及外侧被盖核、同侧的外膝体腹核、对侧的前顶盖区及网状结构中都发现了标记的神经元。

SOURCES OF THE SUPERIOR COLLICULUS AFFERENTS IN THE ALBINO RAT: AN HRP-LABELING STUDY

HRP solution (33%) was injected into the left superior colliculus of 21 adult albino rats. 1-2 days after injection, the animal was sacrificed. Brains were frozen sectioned and processed according to. DAB- or TMB-method. The labeled neurones were examined in the right superior colliculus and other areas of the brain. The resu ts are as follows:1. No matter where the HRP was injected (either in the rostral or caudal part of the superior colliculus or thepart between them) HRP labeled neurones were always observed on the opposite superior colliculus if the injection sites reached layers deeper than the stratum oPticum. The locations of the labeled neurones corresponded roughly to the sites of HRP injections. However, no HRP labeled neurones were observed when the core of HRP deposites was restricted to layers superficial to the stratum griseum intermediale.2. Of all labeled neurones, 53.6% were located in the stratum griseum intermediale, 16.5% in the stratum opticum. The rest were in deeper layers. In no case were HRP labeled neurones observed in the stratum zonale or stratum griseum superficiale.3. Labeled neurones could be classified morphologically into vertical fusiform, horizontal fusiform and multipolar neurones.4. In addition to the visual cortex, labeled neurones were also found in the inferior colliculi, paralemniscal nuclei, dorsal nuclei of the lateral lemniscus, substantia nigrae and lateral tegmental nuclei bilaterally. Labeled neurones were also found in the ipsilateral ventral nucleus of the lateral geniculate body, contralatera pretectal area and reticular formation.